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riverfront

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Recent Examples of riverfront The five-story brick structure anchors the historic Rockbund neighborhood, a charming area near the iconic Bund riverfront with an impressively high concentration of Art Deco buildings. — Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026 Even a more recent addition such as the Leonard Louis Fieldhouse in Chinatown’s Ping Tom Park (2013, Wright & Company) seems dropped into its riverfront location from a suburban warehouse district. — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026 At the park where the Rogerses lived, five campers now sit on riverfront lots where mobile homes were anchored into the soil until Helene hit. — Ren Larson, ProPublica, 28 Sep. 2026 My lab at Carnegie Mellon University is just 2 miles from Hazelwood Green, a 178-acre former industrial site at Pittsburgh’s riverfront along the Monongahela River. — Catherine Armbruster, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for riverfront

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In the West Bund, a former industrial waterfront turned arts district, where more museums are joining its riverside row, the annual West Bund Art and Design fair will draw galleries from across Asia and beyond in the same weeks.

— Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
Offering over 30 miles of trails throughout the Howard Buford Recreation Center, Mount Pigsah features a 1,518-foot peak surrounded by more than 2,200 acres of oak savanna, meadows, riverside habitat and wooded slopes.

— Austin Perry, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of riverside

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Where to Stay Imagine jetting off to Stockholm to visit your art collector pals in their private waterfront residence.

— Isabelle Kliger, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2026
Also under this rule, responsibility for waterfront construction permitting would also be transferred from the Department of Small Business Services to the Department of Buildings.

— Digital Producer, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of waterfront

Noun

Many homes along the Snake River in Jackson Hole sit low in the forest along the winding riverbank, where thick greenery offers plenty of privacy but can also block views.

— Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 Nov. 2026
Swan House is accessed from a long, narrow causeway on the Saugerties riverbank.

— Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of riverbank

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Once you're done moving about for the day, settle into the deluxe oceanfront room—the resort's most popular—and lie on your bed beneath the 16-foot-high wood ceilings, watching the waves lap the beach out your picture window.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Nov. 2026
The resort fee includes shuttle transfers to Vaitape, the largest town on the island, or to the lusciously scenic Matira Beach, where an oceanfront annex to the hotel, housing an additional Mediterranean restaurant, is planned for early 2027.

— Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of oceanfront

Noun

And both suggested staying at the shorefront Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel, which is among the nicer properties in the area.

— Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026
The shorefront is lined with some 400 buildings, including high-rise hotels and villas that can accommodate around 20,000 guests, according to North Korean state media.

— Se Eun Gong, NPR, 5 July 2025

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